#8A6DB2#8A6DB2

#8A6DB2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.107 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DB2
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 178)
HSL	hsl(265, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(265, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 38.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 25.74, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 41.44, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.0577 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.107 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9840, 19.5549, 44.6218)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DB2 #95B26D

analogous

#6D73B2 #8A6DB2 #AD6DB2

triadic

#8A6DB2 #B28A6D #6DB28A

tetradic

#8A6DB2 #B26D73 #95B26D #6DB2AD

square

#8A6DB2 #B26D73 #95B26D #6DB2AD

split-complementary

#8A6DB2 #B2AD6D #73B26D

monochromatic

#4E396C #6B4E94 #8A6DB2 #AA95C7 #CABDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#8A6DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#8A6DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DB2

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DB2	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.107 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97c9',
    500: '#8a6db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6db2;
$custom-light: #ad97c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.217,
    "s": 30.942,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5907,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DB2

secondary

#C0CCAF

accent

#C7619C

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DB2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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